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Holmes has been very disruptive this season. Like someone said before, the line has been disrupting without getting the sack numbers. I could see Homles making alot of money for himself next season, he's a prototypical 34 edge LB.
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OHIO STATE'S DEFENSIVE LINE WAS STELLAR VS. INDIANA; BUCKEYES WILL NEED EVEN BETTER PERFORMANCE AGAINST WISCONSIN
Urban Meyer started counting to himself, then ran out of fingers on his right hand.
“Michael Hill, Jalyn Holmes, Sam Hubbard, Dre’Mont Jones, Nick Bosa, so that’s one, two, three, four, five defensive linemen,” Ohio State’s head coach said Monday, “and the Defensive Player of the Game was Tyquan [Lewis], so that’s six overall defensive linemen graded champion effort.”
After holding Indiana to just 99 yards rushing on 40 carries in Saturday’s 38-17 victory, it’s safe to say the Buckeyes’ defensive line is playing at a high level.
Meyer drove that point home after the win and did so again Monday when he previewed his team’s upcoming showdown with eighth-ranked Wisconsin. Even after the losses of Joey Bosa and Adolphus Washington, Ohio State is still getting it done up front.
The Buckeyes are deep and talented. Defensive tackle, which was once an area of concern, has turned into a strength with the play of Hill and Jones, in addition to the emergence of Robert Landers. At defensive end, a four-man rotation of Hubbard, Lewis, Bosa and Holmes has proven dominant at times.
When the latter four are on the field as part of the Buckeyes’ ‘Rushmen’ package, opposing offenses have often been overwhelmed.
“The defensive line, we always, it’s just replenishing,” Lewis said Monday. “The guys, we all buy into what coach [Larry] Johnson sells. He’s such a great coach and what he preaches and what he shows us, what we display on film, that’s the culture of the defensive line.
“As far as everyone saying how far we came along, it’s always been there. It’s just guys stepping up into bigger roles.”
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...eed-even-better-performance-against-wisconsin
Urban Meyer started counting to himself, then ran out of fingers on his right hand.
“Michael Hill, Jalyn Holmes, Sam Hubbard, Dre’Mont Jones, Nick Bosa, so that’s one, two, three, four, five defensive linemen,” Ohio State’s head coach said Monday, “and the Defensive Player of the Game was Tyquan [Lewis], so that’s six overall defensive linemen graded champion effort.”
After holding Indiana to just 99 yards rushing on 40 carries in Saturday’s 38-17 victory, it’s safe to say the Buckeyes’ defensive line is playing at a high level.
Meyer drove that point home after the win and did so again Monday when he previewed his team’s upcoming showdown with eighth-ranked Wisconsin. Even after the losses of Joey Bosa and Adolphus Washington, Ohio State is still getting it done up front.
The Buckeyes are deep and talented. Defensive tackle, which was once an area of concern, has turned into a strength with the play of Hill and Jones, in addition to the emergence of Robert Landers. At defensive end, a four-man rotation of Hubbard, Lewis, Bosa and Holmes has proven dominant at times.
When the latter four are on the field as part of the Buckeyes’ ‘Rushmen’ package, opposing offenses have often been overwhelmed.
“The defensive line, we always, it’s just replenishing,” Lewis said Monday. “The guys, we all buy into what coach [Larry] Johnson sells. He’s such a great coach and what he preaches and what he shows us, what we display on film, that’s the culture of the defensive line.
“As far as everyone saying how far we came along, it’s always been there. It’s just guys stepping up into bigger roles.”
Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...eed-even-better-performance-against-wisconsin
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Saturday Could Be a Big Day for the Buckeye Defense Against Wisconsin's Run Game
Ground and pound. That’s traditionally how games go when Ohio State and Wisconsin meet.
The Badgers remain one of the few teams in the country that still lines up in the I formation and runs the ball with a fullback. More often than not, Wisconsin’s passing game comes from play action and is setup by the rush.
For years, the Buckeyes operated under the philosophy of “three yards and a cloud of dust.” Even in Urban Meyer’s spread offense, the Scarlet and Gray are still a power-run team.
Names like Archie Griffin, Eddie George, Ezekiel Elliott, Ron Dayne, Montee Ball and Melvin Gordon decorate the record books of both programs.
You get the point. These two teams like to run the ball.
On Saturday night when Ohio State and Wisconsin face each other once again, OSU will certainly do its part to continue this tradition. Ohio State is the third-ranked rushing team in the country with 323.6 yards per game and has 16 touchdowns on the ground.
Wisconsin’s offense does not look like Wisconsin offenses of the past.
“We’ve been really inconsistent,” Badgers head coach Paul Chryst said this week of the ground attack. “That’s what we’ve been working on but need to continue to work on because I think the explosive plays come. I think there’s been a few instances where we’ve been trying to make the explosive run instead of just taking what’s there and I think that explosive runs are byproducts of just doing your job well.”
After finishing as the fourth-best rushing team in the nation when these two teams last met in 2014 – a game where Ohio State held Wisconsin to just 71 yards on the ground – UW has struggled to get into its usual groove in the rushing attacking.
Entire article: http://theozone.net/Ohio-State/Foot...d-Be-a-Big-Day-Buckeye-Defense-Wisconsins-Run
Ground and pound. That’s traditionally how games go when Ohio State and Wisconsin meet.
The Badgers remain one of the few teams in the country that still lines up in the I formation and runs the ball with a fullback. More often than not, Wisconsin’s passing game comes from play action and is setup by the rush.
For years, the Buckeyes operated under the philosophy of “three yards and a cloud of dust.” Even in Urban Meyer’s spread offense, the Scarlet and Gray are still a power-run team.
Names like Archie Griffin, Eddie George, Ezekiel Elliott, Ron Dayne, Montee Ball and Melvin Gordon decorate the record books of both programs.
You get the point. These two teams like to run the ball.
On Saturday night when Ohio State and Wisconsin face each other once again, OSU will certainly do its part to continue this tradition. Ohio State is the third-ranked rushing team in the country with 323.6 yards per game and has 16 touchdowns on the ground.
Wisconsin’s offense does not look like Wisconsin offenses of the past.
“We’ve been really inconsistent,” Badgers head coach Paul Chryst said this week of the ground attack. “That’s what we’ve been working on but need to continue to work on because I think the explosive plays come. I think there’s been a few instances where we’ve been trying to make the explosive run instead of just taking what’s there and I think that explosive runs are byproducts of just doing your job well.”
After finishing as the fourth-best rushing team in the nation when these two teams last met in 2014 – a game where Ohio State held Wisconsin to just 71 yards on the ground – UW has struggled to get into its usual groove in the rushing attacking.
Entire article: http://theozone.net/Ohio-State/Foot...d-Be-a-Big-Day-Buckeye-Defense-Wisconsins-Run
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Introducing the Ohio State secondary, which really needs a nickname
There is no nickname for the best secondary in the nation, so a mission statement will have to do.
Ohio State's talented defensive backs have been barking it out in huddles before and after every practice since the spring, long before most of their names had been spoken around the nation.
It serves many purposes for the Buckeyes: a challenge to their teammates, a personal motivator, a mantra to recite during rough patches. But perhaps the most important benefit was unintended when a group of young defenders started the routine on the practice field in March. Because without their three favorite letters, the no-name secondary wouldn't have a handy identifier.
"B.I.A. -- it means 'Best in America,'" safety Damon Webb said. "Every day we say it since we came together, and it's definitely a mindset that we have.
"But maybe we do need to think of a name. I mean, 'B.I.A.' is a phrase. We'll think of something."
Until then, those letters will have to suffice.
Entire article: http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...uckeyes-secondary-which-really-needs-nickname
There is no nickname for the best secondary in the nation, so a mission statement will have to do.
Ohio State's talented defensive backs have been barking it out in huddles before and after every practice since the spring, long before most of their names had been spoken around the nation.
It serves many purposes for the Buckeyes: a challenge to their teammates, a personal motivator, a mantra to recite during rough patches. But perhaps the most important benefit was unintended when a group of young defenders started the routine on the practice field in March. Because without their three favorite letters, the no-name secondary wouldn't have a handy identifier.
"B.I.A. -- it means 'Best in America,'" safety Damon Webb said. "Every day we say it since we came together, and it's definitely a mindset that we have.
"But maybe we do need to think of a name. I mean, 'B.I.A.' is a phrase. We'll think of something."
Until then, those letters will have to suffice.
Entire article: http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...uckeyes-secondary-which-really-needs-nickname
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